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HebCelt Announce Latest Additions For Milestone Year

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Stornoway based festival, HebCelt, have announced the latest batch of acts set to appear at this year’s event.

Celebrating their 21st edition, the Red Hot Chilli Pipers, King Creosote and recently re-formed Isle of Lewis natives, Astrid, will join already announced acts such as Runrig, Julie Fowlis, Hayseed Dixie and John McCusker to celebrate a milestone year for one of the regions’s key festivals.

Other acts set to appear include RURA, Hazey Janes, Woodenbox, Hunter & The Bear and MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards nominees, Fara and Talisk.

HebCelt Director Caroline Maclennan said: ‘The programme for 2016 is really coming together now and we are excited about the quality and diversity of the line-up. We have a great mix of well-established favourites and are bringing a great array of new acts, very much in keeping with our aim of supporting emerging talent and introducing our audience to new music’.